entering special symbols in mintty
Nellis, Kenneth
Kenneth.Nellis@acs-inc.com
Wed Mar 2 19:57:00 GMT 2011
If I use the default Cygwin.bat file, I can enter special
characters with the Alt key, but this doesn't work in
mintty, unless there's some option I've overlooked.
For example, to enter the copyright symbol (©) in a standard
Windows application, including Command Prompt, I can hold
down the Alt key and type 0 1 6 9 on the keypad. This
doesn't work in mintty. Would this be a reasonable feature
to ask for?
For the record:
$ uname -rs
CYGWIN_NT-5.1 1.7.7(0.230/5/3)
$ mintty --version
mintty 0.9.6
(C) 2011 Andy Koppe
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
There is no warranty, to the extent permitted by law.
$ bash --version
GNU bash, version 4.1.10(4)-release (i686-pc-cygwin)
Copyright (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software; you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
$
--Ken Nellis
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